Period 4
Prepare a presentation of one of the characters introduced in the Prologue.
- Reread the section on the character that you will focus on. Pay close attention to the adjectives.
- Think of body language, gestures or props that you can make or use in order to portray your characters personality.
- Try to keep the talking to a minimum (no talking) and focus mostly on actions and/or appearance.
- Remember that you get extra credit if you bring in props.
- The class will guess which character you are portraying so try to make it evident who you are.
Period 5
Be ready to give your presentations
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
Homework 1/4/10
Period 4
Post vocab sentences for Vocab words week 45
Visit the following link Patron Saints and select a saint that seems particularly important to you. Explain why you chose this saint and what your opinion/understanding about the concept of sainthood.
Period 5
Finish the Change Writing Assignment (click on link for the whole prompt)
Post vocab sentences for Vocab words week 45
Visit the following link Patron Saints and select a saint that seems particularly important to you. Explain why you chose this saint and what your opinion/understanding about the concept of sainthood.
Period 5
Finish the Change Writing Assignment (click on link for the whole prompt)
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Period 5
Make sure you take the Ballads quiz on classmarker.com
All of you should have your passwords and usernames in your email.
Please remember that you can only take it once. It is timed and some questions have multiple answers (the ones with the square checkbox)
You should have your ballad notes/handouts ready.
Remember that if you have old clothes that you no longer wear or fit, you can bring it to me to be donated to a girls orphanage in Tijuana. They are looking for clothes for girls aged 3-14 and shoes up to size 8.5.
If any boys have small shirts or unisex clothes, please feel free to donate also.
Make sure you take the Ballads quiz on classmarker.com
All of you should have your passwords and usernames in your email.
Please remember that you can only take it once. It is timed and some questions have multiple answers (the ones with the square checkbox)
You should have your ballad notes/handouts ready.
Remember that if you have old clothes that you no longer wear or fit, you can bring it to me to be donated to a girls orphanage in Tijuana. They are looking for clothes for girls aged 3-14 and shoes up to size 8.5.
If any boys have small shirts or unisex clothes, please feel free to donate also.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Homework 12/15/09
Period 4
Post vocab sentences
Period 5
Write and draw pictures for vocab sentences
Complete the parts of speech exercises we did in class.
Post vocab sentences
Period 5
Write and draw pictures for vocab sentences
Complete the parts of speech exercises we did in class.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Homework 12/1/09
Period 4
Take ballad quiz at classmarker.com
Period 5
Answer the questions that you wrote down in class and post them as a comment on this blog. Please label which set is which and answer in complete sentences.
Take ballad quiz at classmarker.com
Period 5
Answer the questions that you wrote down in class and post them as a comment on this blog. Please label which set is which and answer in complete sentences.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Homework 12/9/09
Period 4
Complete your Pilgrimage Research sheet
Take Ballad Quiz on Classmarker.com I am postponing the Ballad quiz for tomorrow in class.
Period 5
Review the Ballads we've read.
Complete your Pilgrimage Research sheet
Take Ballad Quiz on Classmarker.com I am postponing the Ballad quiz for tomorrow in class.
Period 5
Review the Ballads we've read.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Homework 12/3/09
Period 4
Read the Ballads handout and create a 5 slide minimum PowerPoint to take place of notes on the packet.
Complete the Writing Assignment in the Writing Section in the HOLT textbook on pg. 111.
Period 5
Complete the ballad Paraphrase worksheet for both of the poems.
Read the Ballads handout and create a 5 slide minimum PowerPoint to take place of notes on the packet.
Complete the Writing Assignment in the Writing Section in the HOLT textbook on pg. 111.
Period 5
Complete the ballad Paraphrase worksheet for both of the poems.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Homework 12/2/09
Period 4 & 5
1. Post Vocab Sentences (Period 5) Write Vocab Sentences with pictures to go with the sentences
2. Take notes on the introduction pages discussed in class. Pg 94-107 in Purple Holt textbook. (this will serve as a rough draft for your Booklet project that is due on Thursday)
1. Post Vocab Sentences (Period 5) Write Vocab Sentences with pictures to go with the sentences
2. Take notes on the introduction pages discussed in class. Pg 94-107 in Purple Holt textbook. (this will serve as a rough draft for your Booklet project that is due on Thursday)
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Homework 11/19/09
Period 4 & 5
- Have a new and improved copy of your Beowulf Essay [TYPED]. If you did not get it back from me, improve it by whatever means. (find someone else to look at your stuff or email me at a decent hour)
- Have quotations as Concrete Details and the blank parentheses where your citation will go. We will work on it tomorrow.
- Create a works cited page to the best of your ability. I will go over this tomorrow, but you also have a few resources (Here's another one: MLA OWL website) to try to figure it out.
Here is the data, but try your best to put it in the right format.
Book/Anthology:
Title: The Language of Literature: British Literature
Editors:
Arthur N. Apllebee
Andrea B. Bermudez
Sheridan Blau
Rebekah Caplan
Peter Elbow
Susan Hynds
Judith A. Langer
James Marshall
Publisher: McDougall Littell
City of Publication: Evanston, Illinois
Year of Publication: 2002
Poem: Beowulf
Translator: Burton Raffel
Page numbers: 33-60
DVD:
Name: Beowulf
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Neal Gaiman, Roger Avary
Features:
Ray winstone
Anthony Hopkins
John Malkovich
Robin Wright Penn
Brendan Gleeson
Crispin Glover
Allison Lohman
Angelina Jolie
Release date: 16 november 2007
Distributor: Paramount.
- Have a new and improved copy of your Beowulf Essay [TYPED]. If you did not get it back from me, improve it by whatever means. (find someone else to look at your stuff or email me at a decent hour)
- Have quotations as Concrete Details and the blank parentheses where your citation will go. We will work on it tomorrow.
- Create a works cited page to the best of your ability. I will go over this tomorrow, but you also have a few resources (Here's another one: MLA OWL website) to try to figure it out.
Here is the data, but try your best to put it in the right format.
Book/Anthology:
Title: The Language of Literature: British Literature
Editors:
Arthur N. Apllebee
Andrea B. Bermudez
Sheridan Blau
Rebekah Caplan
Peter Elbow
Susan Hynds
Judith A. Langer
James Marshall
Publisher: McDougall Littell
City of Publication: Evanston, Illinois
Year of Publication: 2002
Poem: Beowulf
Translator: Burton Raffel
Page numbers: 33-60
DVD:
Name: Beowulf
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Neal Gaiman, Roger Avary
Features:
Ray winstone
Anthony Hopkins
John Malkovich
Robin Wright Penn
Brendan Gleeson
Crispin Glover
Allison Lohman
Angelina Jolie
Release date: 16 november 2007
Distributor: Paramount.
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